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“SCROOGE”
DEC. 5
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DEC. 5
Vol. XVI MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N. C„ NOVEMBER 23, 1935 Number 5
Scrooge to Be Presented
Dec. 5 By Little Theatre
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Meredith Has 134 Civic
Music Association Members
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Edna Lee Pegram Takes Lead
As ^^Scrooge” Supported
By Fine Cast
DRAMATlZATlWoF
“A CHRISTMAS CAROL”
The CRat has tfeea anuouuced for
Scrooge, the fall major production of
the LUtIo Theatre, which i9 to be given
Thursday, December 5, at 8:00 In the
college auditorium. This clramatiza-
tioii of DlckeiiB’ CJtrtsiwios Carol, ■which
has been put into play form by Ashley
Miller, la being given at Meredith for
the first time.
Dr. Florence Hoagland is directing
the play, aud Pauline Perry is assistant
coach. Annabelie Holiowell is Id charge
of the staging, Margaret Kramer is
business manager of tlie play, Nancy
Bunn is doing the make-up, Mary Fay
McMillau is costume manager, and
Evelyn Chesson is poster chairman.
Misa Mary Lee has charge of all the
music for the play.
The .qast is as follows:
Scrooge, Edna Lee Pegram; Mar-
ley's Ghost, Mirvine Garrett; Spirit
of Christmas (present), Martha
Messenger; Spirit of Christmas (past),
Grace Porter; Spirit of Christmas
(future), Catherine Johnson; Bob
Cratchit, Edna Frances Dawkins; Mrs.
Cratchtt, Dorothy Dockery; Cratcliit
children—^Tlny Tim, Norma Rose;
Martha, Frances* Calloway; -Other
Cratchit cliildren, Charlotte Wester,
Dorothy Horne, Olive Hamrick; Fred,
Mary Johnson MacMillan; Nell, Eliza
beth Park; Topper, Ruth Abernethy;
Dolly. Ruby Barrett; Old Fezssiwig,
Nancy Bumi; Mrs. Fezzlwig, Annie Mae
Taylor; Little Pan, Olive Hamrick;
Dick, Mildrea Davis: Charwoman, Anno
Poteat; Undertaker’s Man, Nlua Binder;
A Girl, Auuabelle Holloweil; Guest,
Elizabeth Davidson; Guest, Frances
Pittmau: Want. Charlotte Wester;
Igiioi'ance, Dorothy Horne.
Needlecraft Guild Gets
Underway At Meredith
Under the direction of Maltha Anne
Riley the Needlecraft Guild has been
organized on the campus. The guild
is a national organization with a chari
table purpose. There are fifteen group
leaders, whose duty it is to get at least
eleven members to join her group. Each
member of the guild Is to turn in by
December 2 two garments to be dis
tributed to the needy in Raleigh.
Following are the names of the gi'oup
leaders:. Dr. Hoagland, Misa Clark,
Minnie Ruth McNeill, Dorothy Reich,
Barlmra Behrman, Dorothy Crawford,
Louise Vann, Mary Lou Willets, Faith
Hite, Margaret Love Clark, Mary Fay
McMillan, Sue Brewer, Edna Lea
Pegram, and Martha Anne Riley.
Miss Wilson, of the Associated Chari
ties, spoke on November 10 about the
need of funds, food, and clothing in
Raleigh. She is cooperating with
Meredith in making the guild a success.
Meredith-Wake Forest
Social To Be Nov. 23
The bi-annual Meredlth-Wake Forest
B. T. U. Social will be on Saturday
night, November 23, at 8 o'clock in
the Phi Hall. The social is to be a
costume party, and each girl is asked
to dress to represent some character
from a book, comic strip, or mother
goose favorite. Tickets may be secured
by B. T. U. members in room 105B.
MEREDITH COOPERATES IN
NATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK
Mr. Erwin Speaks in Ctiapel on
War and Peace
Meredith College obBervetl National
Education Week November 11-17 this
year. The purpose of this week is to
show the international relation between
the democratic Avay of living and the
school system. Since the existence of
democracy depends on education, people
must support the schools, Meredith
showed the same cooperative spirit in
this that she does in other community
projects.
Ou Tuesday morning, November 12,
Mr, Clyde A. Erwin, Stato Superinten
dent of Public Instruction, spoke in
chapel on the need of peace hi the re
lation to Armistice Day. Mr. B. Y.
Tyner apoke Wednesday morning over
WPTF on the subject of The Bchool
the Nation and Thursday morning
Mrs. Wallace spoke on The School and
Social Change.
Sponsors for this nation-wide educa
tion week were Mr. Clyde A. Brwln.
Mr. Josephus Daniels, Jr., State Com
mander of American Legion, Mrs. W. T.
Guthrie. President of the N. C. Edu
cation Association, and Mrs. W. D.
Aycock, President of the N. C. Parent-
Teacher Congress.
During tliR weeir spven leading Nf>rf,b
Carolina cities presented radio pro
grams in observance of American Edii-
cation Week. Among those speaking
over the Raleigh station were: Nancy
0. Dovers, of the State. Department of
Public Instruction; Clyde A. Erwin;
R. L. McMillan; Mr. B. Y. Tyner; Mrs.
Lillian Wallace; Mrs. W, B. Aycock,
State President of Parent-Teacher Con
gress; William Henry Shaw, principal
of Neodham Broiighton High School;
and Dr. Forrest C. Feezor, of Taber
nacle Baptist Church.
Miss Ottersen to Give
Voice Recital December 3
Miss Ragna Ottersen will give her first
voice recital of the year on Tuesday
evening, December 3. Miss Ottersen is
a graduate of Northwestern University
and of St. Olaf College, where she was
formerly a member of the famous St.
Olaf Lutheran choir. During the last
three summers she has studied privately
with her teacher, Loyol Phillips Shawe,
at his summer home in Rhode Island.
Miss Ottersen's program will consist
of the following selections:
I
Have you seen but a white lily grow?
—Anon,
When daisies pied (Shakespeare)—
Arve,
0 can ye sew cushions (old Scotch
Cradle Song)—Colin Taylor.
Yarmouth Fair (Noiiolk folk-song)
—Arranged by Peter Warlock.
II
Pace, pace, Mio Dio—from “LaForza
del destino"—Verdi.
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Amaryllis*—Cocclni.
Odel mis dolce ardor—Gluck.
La Glrometta—Slbella.
IV
Les Yeux—Ren6 Robey.
Nuit d’Btoiles—DsbUBsy.
Chfere nult—Baoheler,
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LITERARY AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY TO MEET DEC. 5-6
Interesting Session for North
Carolina Association
' Scheduled
ALBERT NOCIToF NEW YORK
TO DELIVER MAIN ADDRESS
The State Literary and Historical
Association of North Carolina will hold
Its annual session in Raleigh, December
5 and Q with Dr. Albert Jay Nock of
New York as the principal speaker.
The Association was organized In
1900 for the purpose of stimulating the
writing of works of litorory and his
torical interest by North Carolinians,
and to preserve materials and records
of historical importance. During the
1935 session the Mayflower Cup will be
presented to the person who has made
tlie moat outstanding contribution of
literary oi; historical nature during the
past year. The Society of Mayflower
Descendants of North Carolina gave the
cup for the first time In 1930.
The session will open Thursday night
at 8 o'clock with Professor Phillips Rus
sell of the University of North Caro
lina presiding. Dr. Russell succeeded
to the presidency of the Association up
on the sudden death of President J. M.
McConnell of Davidson College. Fol
lowing Professor Russell’s address. Gov
ernor Ehrlnghaua will speak on the
North Carolina Constitutional Conven
tion of 1835. At this time there will be
a celebration of the one hundredth
anniversary of the convention, which
is considered by many as one of the
most important events in the history of
North Carol’T'a. .Fol!ov’5«.g the Friday
night session, there will be a reception
for members and friends of the Associ
ation.
Ou Friday mprning a number of brief
papers will be rend. Mrs. Mary C.
Blglow, of Durham, will read a paper
entitled "The Problems of North Caro
lina Cotton Manufacturers Before 1860.”
Professor W. P. Cummings of the
English department of Davidson Col
lege, will give a paper on "Explorations,
Maps, and Names of Early Carolina.”
Dr, Benjamin Sledd, head of the English
department of Wake Forest College, will
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Dr. Poteat Speaks At
Chapel For Book-Week
The past week has been observed as
National Book Week throughout the
country. In connection with this ob
servance the Colton English. Club In
vited Dr. E. McNeill Poteat, pastor of
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, to
speak in chapel Friday morning on
some phase of books.
It is also of interest to note how
many books have been added to the
Meredith College library through the co
operation of the English department
and the Colton English Club. Appear
ing elsewhere in this paper is an ac-
coxint of the books thus donated to the
library.
Second Issue of “Acorn”
To Make Appearance
The Thanksgiving issue of The Acorn
will be distributed by next week. This
issue contains stories by Kate Coving
ton and Katherine Shuford; essays, both
formal and Informal, by Eleanor Ed
wards, Mary Fay McMillan, Ruth
Nowell, and Norma Rose. There is
poetry by Eleanor Cannon, Anne Poteat,
and Gaynelle Sorrell. All questions
on modern love language will be
answered In Nina Binder’s Analysis of
Love. Something now that you will
like appears under the. title “Student
Thoughts and Observations." Again the
Half Wli section will appear.
ART WEEK OBSERVED WITH
LECTURES AND EXHIBITS
Film Shown on Making Stained
Glass Windows
Talks by artists and others and an
exhibition of the paintings of James A.
McLean were featured in the observance
of National Art Week on the Meredith
College campus from November 12 to
November 16.
A moving picture showing the process
by which stained glass windows are
made was shown to an interested group
on Tuesday evening lu the rotunda.
Miss Catherine Allen, of the Modern
Language Department, spoke on ori
ental rugs at the regular chapel hour.
She differentiated between Persian,
Chinese, and other types of oriental
nigs, An additional feature of. her
talk was the genuine oriental rugs that
were on display on the stage.
On Thursday morning. Miss Ida Po
teat. head of the art department, dis
cussed prints, and how to choose them.
On Thursday, Immediately after din
ner, Mr. McLean, whose paintings were
ou display in the rotunda, spoke on
modern art.
At the chapel hour on Friday, Mrs,
Isabel Bowen Henderson, well known
portrait painter of Raleigh and Williaui-
ston, Massachustts, discussed portrait
painting as a profession. Her wit and
personality, combined 'with her wide
t§ChTllnp\ IfTiO'Vlndg*' of f>Tt, Tpprto ho*'
talk of great interest to the student
body.
On Friday morning at the chapel hour,
two Meredith art students, Catherine
Mosely and Helen Hilliard, apoke about
Current Literature on Art. Their
talks were particularly helpful to
the students who had no technical
knowledge of art, but who were anxious
to know something of the magazines
and books on Art in the Meredith Col
lege Library.
BENJAMIN SWALIN APPEARS
IN FINAL BACH RECITAL
Fourth Concert to Be Given
Sunday, November 24
The fourth and final concert of a
series in honor of the 250th auniversary
of Johann Sebastian Bach will be givon
Sunday afternoon, Noveinber 24, at
4:16 in the college auditorium. Tho
music will be played by Professor Leslie
P. Spelman. organist, Muriel J. Spel-
man, pianist, and Benjamin Swalin,
violinist. Mr. Swalin is assoclato pro
fessor of music at the University of
North Carolina.
The program, made up entirely of the
music of Bach, is as follows:
Organ:
Prelude aud Fuge in E Minor.
Trio Sonato In H Flut Major.
Allegro.
Adagio.
Allegro.
Piano and Organ:
Concerto in G Minor.
Andante Allegro.
Violin:
Chaconne 9 for (Violin alone.)
Organ:
Toccato in F Major.
The following typos of Bach’s music
will be on exhibition at the entrance to
the auditorium: Organ, Clavier, Violin,
'Cello, Ensemble, and Choral. Students
of the Couiiterpolut class will be there
to answer questions concerning this
music.
Four Concerts Are Scheduled
For Coming Year in
Raleigh
MAGININI’S SYMPHONY
OPENS SEASON NOV. 18
One hundred thirty-four Meredith
College students and faculty members
have joined the Raleigh Civic Music
Association. Promoters of the Asso
ciation were greatly pleased with this
response to their campaign for mem
bership.
Members of the association heard the
first of the series of four concerts on
Monday, November 18 at 8:30 o’clock
when the Ma(jinini Chamhey Syviphany
was presented.
This orchestra is foremost among
the smaller orchestras available today,
being made up of eighteen first rank
musicians under the direction of one
of America's most interesting young
conductors. The ensemble is composed
of all of the elements of a large orches
tra in condensed form, including strings,
wood-wind, brass, tympanl and piano.
Mr. Maginini is among the best known
of contemporary American composers.
A winner of the Pulitzer Prize and
Guggenheim Fellowship, his works have
been played extensively both here and
abroad. He is a brilliant commenta
tor, interspersing his programs with
witty and illuminatiug yemarks.
Other concerts to he presented In Ra
leigh this season are as follows.
Poldi Mlldner, pianist, Fobruary, 13;
Vienna Choir Boys, March. 2; NinI
Theilnde and Dimitri Romanoff, Dan
cers, April 2.
In addition to tho concerts to be pre
sented iu Raleigh this season, member
ship in the Association also entitles
one to attend concerts in cities from
coast to coast whore the Civic Music
Plan has been adopted without any
additional expense, including:
Greensboro Civic Music Series: Gul-
mar Novoes, Brazilian Plano Virtuoso,
November 21; Moscow Cathedral Choir,
December 14; Kollsch String Quartet,
January 10; Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra, Date to be announced; Kirs
ten Flagstad, date to be announced.
Winston-Salem Civic Series: Vienna
Choir Boys, JanuaiT 22; Nini Theilade
and Dimitri Romanoff, March 16; Min
neapolis Symphony Orchestra, date to
be announced.
Asheville Music Series: Giovanni
Martinelli, February 10; Vienna Choir
Boys, March 3.
N. C. PRESS CONVENTION
HELD IN DURHAM, NOV. 7-9
Susan Rudisill Elected Vice
President
The fall convention of the North
Carolina Collegiate Press Association
was held in Durham at the Washing
ton Duke Hotel, November 7 through
9. The publications of Duke University
acted as hosts, and Lamar Brown ot
Davidson College, president of the
association, presided at the various ses
sions. Philip Russell of Duke, treas
urer of the association, gave the formal
welcome to the eighty-five representa
tives from fifteen North Carolina col*
legos.
Delegates registered in the lobby of
the hotel Thursday afternoon, and
Thursday night attended the organ re
cital given in the Duke chapel. The
formal opening and business sessloQ was
held Friday morning in the Union build-
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